Friday, November 24, 2006

El Museo de la Inquisicion y del Congreso

The main hall of the building was used as a private courtroom where the members of the Inquisition Tribunal met. There's also a secret door to the Grand Inquisitor's private room, a library and torture chambers with a secret dungeon and subterranean cells. After being tortured, the prisoners were then paraded at a public trial in the plaza mayor. The wood of the intricate carved ceiling was imported from Nicaragua. I didn't understand too much of the guided tour but the lifesize wax clergymen and torture victims freaked me out completely!






The plaza mayor, Lima and a public trail of the Spanish Inquisition. Lima was the main seat of the Spanish Inquisition for all of South America from the 1560s onwards.

http://www.congreso.gob.pe/museo.htm

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